Bed-pan.



'D. HOGAN.

BED PAN.

APPLICATION FlLED JUNE 7, 1915 1,169,101, Patented M18, 1916.

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D. HOGAN.

BED PAN.

APPLICATION man JUNE 7 1915.

1,169,101. Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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To all whom it may concern. 1: 5

Be it knownthat I, Dannie Hears; a c'itizen of theUnited-States,"residing 1n'- Ho'- 'bOkemcounty'of Hudson; and State ofNew -More particularly itis the"object"of my: invention to provide abed-pan which canb'e shifted or removed from under the user withoutliability to a slopping over of the contents so as to wet the person ofthe user or the bed clothing.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bed-pan which, whilehaving only the usual area of base and the usual area of supportingsurface for the buttocks and thighs, and while being sufliciently low tobe readily slipped under the person of the user, will still have a verylarge cubic capacity.

A most important object of my invention is to provide a bed-pan whichshall combine with all the usual good features of bed-pans, a muchgreater stability.

My improved bed-pan is so constructed that it is practically impossibleto upset it accidentally. In bed-pans of the prior art the usualconstruction has embodied a lower body or containing portion having abroad upwardly and outwardly flared flange united to the upper edge ofsaid body portion at its front and sides for the support of the thighsand buttocks. The side walls of the pan proper have usually beenvertical or substantially vertical, and have extended directly downwardfrom the inner contour line of the flange. As a consequence, any attempton the part of the user to shift his position when using the bed-pan hasresulted in an excess pressure on the overhanging flange, at one side orthe other, and the upsetting of the pan. In my improved bed-pan the twoside walls and the front end wall of the body portion are flaredoutwardly and downwardly away from the inner contour line of the flangeto a base, of

substantially the same size and contour as said flange, which ispositioned immediately below the same. In this way, any excessive'f'pre'ssure on one side orxthe'other' ofthe overhanging support iscomparatively: ineffective to tip' the pan and spillits contentsxz; v-My invention will be better understood b 3 referrin WhICh f'T' Figure 1represents a plan view of my improved bed-pan; Fig.2 {represents a' sideelevation thereof; Fig.3 represents an end I elevation taken from thefront-end- (left) of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 represents a view of' Fig. 1, takenfrom below; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 represent cross sections taken respectivelyalong the lines 5-5, 6-6 and 77 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the bed-pan comprises a main body or receptacle portiona, having an oval base 6, and a thigh and buttock supporting portion 7)which flares upwardly and outwardly from the rim of the body portionexcept for a small portion at the rear end 0 thereof. The flared supportI) is of a substantial width at the front end (Z and also at the sidesof the body portion of the pan, the width decreasing toward the rearuntil its outer contour finally merges with the outer contour of thebody portion wall near the rearend. The angle of flare is so determinedthroughout that the support will conform to the thighs and buttocks soas to insure a maximum of comfort to the user.

The body portion is, as usual, substantially lower at its front end thanat its rear, as is also the bed-pan, taken as a whole, thus permittingthe ready insertion and removal of the pan under and from under theuser. The rear end 0 of the pan slopes downwardly and inwardly but thesides and front end d of the body portion are flared downwardly andoutwardly throughout that portion of the periphery of the pancorresponding to the flared support so as to unite with the oval base 6.The outer edge of this base, except for the portion in the immediatevicinity of the rear end of the pan, has a contour substantially thesame as the outer contour of the flared support and lies just within thevertical projection of such latter contour.

As a consequence of the construction above described, any downwardpressure upon any portion of the flared thigh and buttock support isexerted upon points which either lie entirely within the margin of thebase or so near to said margin that any tendency to tip the bed-pan as awhole is substantially abg to the accompanying drawings v V a. v

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